That would be the same Mayo the Mavericks really didn’t want back — and he didn’t want to be back, so he’s opting to become a free agent. Mayo’s up and down performances game to game drove coach Rick Carlisle crazy. And he faded badly last season — in his final 21 games he averaged 9.3 points on 39.9 percent shooting from the field, 33.3 percent on three-pointers.

Minnesota may want to get stronger at the two, but does a ball dominating gunner really fit with Ricky Rubio and Kevin Love?

Then there is the money issue — Mayo wants more than the $4.2 million he was supposed to make next season in Dallas. The Timberwolves already have $58 million on the books for next season and they want to bring back free agent Chase Budinger and give a nice raise to Nikola Pekovic (both of whom fit nicely in future plans). With all that, would the Timberwolves really use their mid-level on Mayo? Would he even take it?

If he would come at the mid-level, the T-Wolves could do worse. He could play the role they’d hoped Roy would. He wouldn’t be as high on the scoring option as he was in Dallas and that would take some defensive pressure off.

He may not be the gunner he normally has been if he has other guys that are clearly the priority in Minnesota. Lets be real, i think OJ knows that team belongs to Kevin Love, and the ball belongs in the hands of Ricky Rubio.

If OJ can defer to those two and run off screens…he could be a decent fit. I can think of plenty worse guys to bring into that organization…starting with Monta Ellis.